Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTexas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Mattersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1928arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1917arrow-down1external-linkTexas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Mattersarstechnica.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square112fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoOh, so if a judge has a vested interest in more than 1 party, then they should recuse themselves from the case. Good to know where the line is
minus-squarestankmut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoThe judge’s argument is that Tesla, which he owns stock in, isn’t a party in the suit against Media Matters, just X. It’s a pretty stupid argument, but he wouldn’t be able to hurt Media Matters if he recused himself.
Oh, so if a judge has a vested interest in more than 1 party, then they should recuse themselves from the case.
Good to know where the line is
The judge’s argument is that Tesla, which he owns stock in, isn’t a party in the suit against Media Matters, just X. It’s a pretty stupid argument, but he wouldn’t be able to hurt Media Matters if he recused himself.